Jefitchia
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| Jefitchia Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sciaenidae |
| Genus: | †Jefitchia Frizzell & Dante, 1965 |
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| †Jefitchia copelandi Frizzell & Dante, 1965[1]
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Jefitchia is an extinct genus of drum. Species lived from 48.6–33.9 mya (Middle Eocene – Late Oligocene). Jefitchia have been uncovered in Texas, Louisiana, and Portugal[1][2].
Species
Jefitchia contains 3 species:
- Jonet, 1979[4] Frizzell & Dante, 1965[2]
- †Jefitchia copelandi †Jefitchia claybornensis
- [[(Koken, 1888)[3]|(Koken, 1888)[3]]] †Jefitchia spinosa
References
- ↑ Jun A. Ebersole; David J. Cicimurri & Gary L. Stringer (2019). "Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths". European Journal of Taxonomy (585): 1–274. doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.585.
- ↑ "†Jefitchia claybornensis Koken 1888 (ray-finned fish)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ "†Jefitchia copelandi Frizzell and Dante 1965 (ray-finned fish)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ Mateus, Octávio; Estraviz López, Darío; Mateus, Simao (2022). "Type specimens alone have a strong correlation with taxa record by geological epoch: the case study of the fossil vertebrates named from Portuguese types". Comunicações Geológicas. 109: 57–64. doi:10.34637/z1t1-j459.
